The Mausoleum of Augustus is a funerary monument of the emperor Octavian Augustus. Construction began by his will in 29 BC, when he had not yet become emperor. Building started upon his return from ...

Last Wednesday, as the sun was rising in Rome and ballots were being counted across America—but before any swing states had been called—I took a brisk walk to the mausoleum of the Emperor Augustus.

Follow Augustus’ journey from Octavian to emperor, through civil wars, the Battle of Actium, and the establishment of the Principate, culminating in the enduring political and moral legacy ...

Although Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa is best known as Octavian/Augustus’s right-hand man, Gaius Clinius Maecenas (c. 70-8 BC), a wealthy eques with Etruscan rather than Roman roots, was the third member ...

Powell, author of Eager for Glory: The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Germanicus, and many other works in Roman military history, has produced a comprehensive treatment of military events during ...